Rolling On

“…Enemy propaganda has pointed out and greatly
over-emphasized little mistakes we have made. We do not deny that there
may have been times when our flag was misused and dishonored by men who did
not understand it’s true meaning, but show us a banner worth waving that has
not been stained.

What we have not forgotten is that our flag is the symbol
of mankind’s steady and arduous struggles upward. It stands for all
that men have gained since history was first recorded. It was not born
of accident or chance, but out of bitter strife and gallant sacrifice.
Since it’s birth it has been the white hope of downtrodden humanity. It
is our heritage to honor and preserve.

Today it is fitting and proper that it fly over the
jungleland of hate, torture and prejudice that was history’s greatest
shame. Cynics and men of little faith will belittle it’s meaning to the
future. They will proclaim there is no freedom; there is no good, but
as in the past, they will be swept aside. Today Old Glory waves along
with other flags that share it’s purpose and have absorbed it’s meaning and
together they point the way to the bright and happy future, to faith among
men, and continued progress and continued peace.”